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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2006-04-14 02:44
So, for the past four months, I have been more-or-less in Remedial Embouchure Boot Camp. Just got my discharge papers today -- I'm good to go again (whew!).
But my teacher and I got into a discussion about the oft-cited advice of "playing on the tip" on the reed, versus letting the embouchure move in a little.
I've now got the playing-on-the-tip thing down (and I do mean, right on the tip, modified only to get a consistent sound). It makes a very nice, dark sound to do this. But my teacher states that playing on the tip leaves one with less flexibility in fast work, and can make the low tones wonky. She sent me home with some of her (very, very good) reeds (I don't mean they're HERS, but she made them), and I immediately noticed that, when I play on their tips, I am flat as all get out. So, to be in tune, I have to move in on the reed a little -- which is how my teacher and her husband both play. The tone is still wonderful, and these are probably the easiest reeds I've ever played. Perfect resistance, perfect stability, wonderful tone.
So why am I complaining?
Because all my other reeds (also from skillful makers) seem to require playing on the tip to get the same effect.
So, my question for the group is, do YOU play on the tip, or down the reed a few millimeters? What are the benefits and/or hazards of doing it one way or the other, in your opinion? Or do you adjust to the individual reed?
These are American scrape reeds I am talking about, BTW, although I would welcome comments from those who use other styles, as well.
Susan
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